Flat-iron holder and heater with gas-generating attachment.



No. 663,062.- l Patented Dec. 4, I900.

- A. VON OHIGOR.

FLAT IRON HOLDER ANOHEATER WITH GAS GENERATING ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1960.

(No Model.)

. INVENTOfi WITNESSES 61mm- @M 0/ UNTTED STATES PATENT QF ICE.

AMALIE VON CHIGOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLAT-IRON HOLDER AND HEATER WlTH GAS-GENERATING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,062, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed September 20, 1900. Serial No. 30,547. (l lo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, AMALIE VON CHIGOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 444 Central Park West, in the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Holders and Heaters with Gas-Generating Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improved flatiron and bracket adapted to be attached to a table or ironing-board and provided with a suspendingframework for containing the portable gas-generator for providing gas to be used for heating purposes while the said flatiron is held upon the arm of said bracket,and is in the nature of an improvement upon a similar device for which an application for Letters Patent was filed September 21, 1899,

' Serial No. 731,176, and which was allowed August 16, 1900.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the nature described wherein I provide a bracket having a projecting arm for holding a flat-iron, bearing and supporting arms for attaching the said bracket to the portable table or ironing'board,and a depend-- ing frame formed integrally with the supporting-arm and adapted to hold a portable gasgenerator, as will be hereinafter fully described. I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts, and in which- Figure l is a general side view showing the device attached to the edge of a table and showing part in section. Fig. 2 is a partial side view of a gas-generator and framework supporting same. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view through the flat-iron; and Fig. 4 is a view of the fiat-iron with the hood and handle removed and shows the stanchions formed in tegrally with the base, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, A designates a bracket having a hollow projecting arm A, extending outwardly from it, and a bearing-arm A adapted to engage the top of the table T.

A designates a supporting-arm extending under the table, formed integrally with the bracket A and provided with a thumb-screw at, having a plate or washer a, adapted to engage against the underside of the table T and, with the thumb-screw a, provide a means for fastening the device to said table.

Extending downwardly from the supporting-arm A are the depending rods a which carrya base-plate a all constituting a framework which holds in position a portable reservoir or gas-generator composed of the two- 'compartments B and B. The particular form of gas-generator shown is one similar to those commonly used for acetylene-gas generation, the lower compartment B being adapted to contain carbid crystals and the upper compartment being adapted to contain water, whose 'ad mission into the lower com partment is regulated by the regulating-screw b. The gas is generated in the lower compartment B and is led off through the flexible tube 1), up through the passage a in the bracket A, and into the hollow arm A. It is'there ejected through the small outlets a By forming an open air-chamber a at the beginning of the passage a through the bracket A, I allow the air to mingle with the gas as it enters the passage, thereby producing what is commonly known as a Bunsen burner.

A depending arm of, having a hooked end, extends downwardly from and is formed integrally with the bracket A. The hooked end of this arm is adapted to engage the handle of a flat-iron, which is adapted to be held upon the hollow tube or projecting arm A. To regulate the supply of gas, I provide a tap a and to out off the supply entirely I provide a second tap a which' forms a part of the gasgenerator.

0 designates the base of a flat-iron, having stanchions or uprights a formed integrally thereto. Fastened around these stanchions so as to inclose them is a metallic hood 0. The stanchions c are provided with recesses or openings 0 which allow the flat-iron to be placed upon the hollow tube or projecting arm A of the bracket A.

To allow the combustion of the gas while the iron is held upon the projecting arm A, I provide numerous vent-ho1es c. To prevent the extinguishing of the flame at the outlets a when putting on or taking oif the flatiron, I cut a small groove a on each side of the tube A in a line with the outlets a \Vhen the iron is in position upon the projecting arm Ain a reverse position as shown in Fig. 1- the handle 0 engages with the hooked end of the projecting arm a The device as herein described is particularly adapted for use where an ordinary gassupply is unobtainable, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the particular form of gas-generator shown and described in this application, as in place of the acetylene-gas generator I may employ a common naphtha-reservoir with pump attachment for keeping the gas under pressure, or

I may employ any other suitable gas-generating device and reservoir which may be adapted to this device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A 1. A bracket adapted tobe secured to the edge of a table or ironing-board and provided with an air-inlet, an air-passage and an out- Wardly-extending hook, a hollow tube or supporting-arm extending outwardly from and formed integrally with the said bracket, minute holes formed along the side of the said supporting-arm adapted to eject gas, and a fiat-iron adapted to engage and rest upon the aforesaid supporting-arm, and a handle formed upon the said flat-iron adapted to engage with the said hook, in combination with a gas generator and reservoir mounted upon and held within a depending frame secured low supporting-arm having a series of minute V holes along its side, a flat-iron adapted to engage and rest upon the aforesaid hollow sup porting-arm and a handle formed upon said fiat-iron adapted to engage with the said hook, in combination with a bearing-arm adapted to engage the said table or ironing-hoard, a supporting-arm supplied with a tighteningscrew adapted to engage the under side of the said table or ironing-board, and a depending frame integrally fastened to the said supporting-arm and providing a means for carrying the gas generator and reservoir, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presenee of two Witnesses, this 24th day of August, 1900.

AMALIE VON CI-IIGOR.

Witnesses:

MARGARET KUSSNER, S. S. SUGAR. 

